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[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]<br> | [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]<br> | ||
[[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] <br> | [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] <br> | ||
+ | [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]<br> | ||
+ | [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]]) | ||
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A brief solo piano rehearsal of the track was released on the 2018 posthumous album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]. | A brief solo piano rehearsal of the track was released on the 2018 posthumous album [[Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983|Piano & A Microphone 1983]]. | ||
− | [[Prince and the Revolution]] recorded the song live on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]] at [[First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (at the same concert where [[I Would Die 4 U]] and [[Baby I'm A Star]], among others were also recorded) | + | Although it is unclear when a first incarnation of the song was ready, it was first rehearsed and worked on with the band in the summer of 1983 at the [[The Warehouse]] in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. |
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+ | [[Prince and the Revolution]] then recorded the song live on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]] at [[First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota (at the same concert where [[I Would Die 4 U]] and [[Baby I'm A Star]], among others were also recorded). | ||
This live version was worked on further between mid-August and into September 1983, at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, where the track was edited to omit a verse and a solo, and a new string section was overdubbed over the finale of the track. | This live version was worked on further between mid-August and into September 1983, at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, where the track was edited to omit a verse and a solo, and a new string section was overdubbed over the finale of the track. | ||
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It was included as the sixth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] configuration of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], before becoming the eighth and final track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configuration. It became the ninth and final track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after some tracklist changes to the album. | It was included as the sixth track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_7|7 November 1983]] configuration of [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], before becoming the eighth and final track on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_23|23 March 1984]] configuration. It became the ninth and final track on the final [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 14|14 April 1984]] configuration after some tracklist changes to the album. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = Summer 1983 | ||
+ | |studio = [[The Warehouse]],<br>St. Louis Park, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = writing/rehearsal recording | ||
+ | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 3|3 August 1983]] | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_15|15 August 1983]]; [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_18|18 August 1983]]; [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_13|13 September 1983]]- [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_15|15 September 1983]] | + | |date = August 1983 (estimate) |
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
+ | |additional info = Rehearsal recording | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_15|15 August 1983]]; [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_18|18 August 1983]]; [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_13|13 September 1983]] - [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September_15|15 September 1983]] | ||
+ | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] Studio 3 ,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Editing and string overdubs, mix | |additional info = Editing and string overdubs, mix | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_27|27 November 1983]] | ||
+ | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Basic tracking 'Lisa and Wendy's [[Film: Purple Rain|Movie]] Mix' | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February_7|7 February 1984]] | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February_7|7 February 1984]] | ||
− | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]],<br>Hollywood, CA, USA | + | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]] Studio 2,<br>Hollywood, CA, USA |
− | |additional info = Wendy | + | |additional info = Overdubs on 'Lisa and Wendy's [[Film: Purple Rain|Movie]] Mix' |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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[[Album: The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br> | [[Album: The_Hits_/_The_B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]]<br> | ||
[[Album: The_Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]<br> | [[Album: The_Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]<br> | ||
− | [[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]] | + | [[Album: Ultimate|Ultimate]]<br> |
[[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]<br> | [[Album: 4Ever|4Ever]]<br> | ||
|4= Live with overdubs | |4= Live with overdubs | ||
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|3= [[Single: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] promo<br> | |3= [[Single: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] promo<br> | ||
|4= Edit | |4= Edit | ||
+ | |5= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Purple Rain 'Lisa and Wendy's [[Film: Purple Rain|Movie]] Mix' ''' | ||
+ | |2= | ||
+ | |3= [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] movie | ||
+ | |4= | ||
|5= | |5= | ||
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|4= 'Rehearsal' | |4= 'Rehearsal' | ||
|5= a.k.a. '''Purple Rain (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)''' | |5= a.k.a. '''Purple Rain (Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version)''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Purple Rain''' | ||
+ | |2= 19:26 | ||
+ | |3= [[Album: Prince And The Revolution: Live|Prince And The Revolution: Live]] | ||
+ | |4= Live | ||
+ | |5= [[30_March 1985|30 March 1985, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|3= [[Love4oneanother.com]] RealAudio stream<br> | |3= [[Love4oneanother.com]] RealAudio stream<br> | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
− | |5= [[ | + | |5= [[02 January 1999|2 January 1999, Studio 54 @ MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA]] |
}} | }} | ||
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* [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] movie | * [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] movie | ||
|references = ''[[Book: The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book: The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
− | * ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/ | + | * ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' |
|categories = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]] | |categories = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince and the Revolution)]][[Category:Recorded 1983]] | ||
}} | }} |
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